Conan's New Purge DESTROYER! Ballista (AoW C4 Beta)

[@Eradicati0nn]

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[@Eradicati0nn]

@@atenubi That line is "and inflict knockback too", as in it knocks the enemies back, not 0.2 😂 Even if I had said that, 'naught' is a common way of saying 'zero'

[@Eradicati0nn]

@@atenubi "Nought" is used in place of "Zero" most commonly in British English, seemingly only occasionally in American English, and the number 0 is often read as "oh" rather than "zero". The two are interchangeable though

[@ashura_allen-otsutsuki_br2910]

After testing Chapter 4. It would be great if the Ballista worked like the siege cauldron, it was attached to the lattice wall. and the shots are fired like boiling pitch, put into the ballista's own inventory, and that's 5 to 6 shots per minute, and the player doesn't have to go to the front and return to the back to fire. The Projectiles could be crafted on a carpentry bench or other bench. and now put a lackey to use them.

[@AXIDNT66]

I'm just a console pleb so I can't play with it yet, but one important detail will be how much friendly fire damage it does to your thralls. If it hits them hard, then they can't really be used to stall things while you shoot with the ballista as the friendly fire risk would be too high, which would mean you would have to think hard about where you place thralls/how far they can chase, and where the ballista is initially placed relative to the path the enemies will take.

[@Tucher97]

I am glad ballistas are in the game despite the purge getting a serious rework, but base defense options rather than numbers is nice despite my last purge I barely survived. Though I just hope there are more 'home' defenses because the ancient world (IE Bronze and early iron age) had some interesting methods of medium siege weapons. However, when more siege options are added, I do hope you can include thralls to act as sort of "automated" defense, or helping in terms of assisting. Siege defense is a team effort, including the weapons.

[@infinity8759]

thanks for the great review

[@Eradicati0nn]

Thanks Infinity, glad you enjoyed!

[@jonasbech7787]

i cannot wait to we can get thralls to use the ballista in purge raids is gonna be amazin in the furutere, i do hope they gonna make a smaller vision of it a scopion the roman used where you fold it out and stand and using it

[@Eradicati0nn]

Agreed on the Scorpion, I was a little surprised they went with such a large ballista, though it makes sense for the damage it's putting out. I wouldn't be opposed to s smaller Ballista, more akin to a mounted crossbow, I think that would be good for lighter defence

[@jonasbech7787]

@@Eradicati0nn all so something i really really ahd hope to see in this chapter a mount their could have the treasuer on it so we dont have to walk all the way to be honest i so tired of walking with the tresauer all the time, beside that i hade hope the ballista was little more big comepare to the plat form, but let us get a cart or someting like that where we can build a ballista on and put a thrall on it, but yea mountet ballista could be nice

[@Brae2468]

I hope they make the siege foundation for this smaller in the future, it seems like alot of wasted space on a platform this size not to mention trying to find space for it on my already huge base on a public server. I don't want someone to report my base size as it is already but trying to find room for all the cool new stuff every chapter is getting difficult without expanding but obviously I don't want it to stop but just a bit more space consideration in things like this in future would go a long way in my opinion.

[@Mr44magnum0706]

I wished the ballista was put on a smaller platform or able to put them on the ground as well. Put them inside, shooting out of a door frame would be cool

[@Eradicati0nn]

Agreed, I'd love to see a smaller version that can either be free placed or mounted to a window/crenelation for less damage

[@OlSkunGun]

Great indeep Ballista video. I'm most hyped about this Chapter 4 add on to the game. I'll be trying to snipe players on my Siptah PVE-C server with this haha

[@Eradicati0nn]

Thanks Skun, glad you enjoyed it! There's definitely some fun things coming in Chapter 4, more than I expected. Could be a good chapter if the launch goes well

[@semi-useful5178]

Wonder if we'll get some more uses for Dragon powder soon. Maybe Fire lances and hwatcha?

[@nicolapellegrino1072]

So it is not possible to load explosives on the ballista? That could be a wonderful anti personnel defensive weapon against purge waves... i hope will add this kind of ammunition in future...

[@Kyurem21]

oh thats super cool man. way cooler than the trebuchet.

[@Eradicati0nn]

Agreed, the treb is still pretty cool but the Ballista feels really fun to use, in no small part to the great SFX

[@EreghastMalich]

I wonder if the damage variation comes from hitting weakspots such as the head with the bolt.

[@Eradicati0nn]

I thought the same at first so I basically point-blanked the Warmaker in the chest to make sure I wasn't hitting headshots by accident. Either the bolt was hitting different spots and not visualizing it, or it was technically penetrating somewhere and doing double damage. I have no idea tbh, I imagine it's something people in the Devkit can work out when it drops

[@phoenixbabbitt2597]

How does it take to destroy it? I know it only takes like 6 explosive arrows to destroy a treb

[@seamusoconaill8265]

I am not on testlive myself, but I've heard that the balls do more damage on golems than bolts. Of course, star metal against golems. Can you confirm or deny what I've heard?

[@Eradicati0nn]

It's possible, though I don't think it's relevant for the purge, golems die in a single full-charge stone bolt and I imagine similar results for the balls, as purge golems don't have much health. I don't have a way to test against PvP golems currently, though I would imagine they can tank anything below Star Metal

[@seamusoconaill8265]

@@Eradicati0nn I was thinking more of the task of trying to take out a row of bomb head golems before they make it to your walls. I won't get to play with it until it's released and am just trying to be as informed as possible.

[@Eradicati0nn]

@@seamusoconaill8265 Oh for row defence I would imagine bolts would be superior due to their penetration, but I'll give balls a go in that aspect too, it's a little dicey to call without testing properly as Golems are "thicker" than regular enemies, so might not have as much penetration

[@einarr7301]

how far down can you aim it? i redesigned the flanking towers on my main gate to support a ballista on each side, im just worried that the towers might be too tall and it will be hard to aim down at enemies

[@Eradicati0nn]

You can't aim too far down, probably a little lower than shown at 1:58. A ballista at ground level could deal with incoming troops, though for anything below the Ballista's firing line, archers will probably be your best bet

[@einarr7301]

@@Eradicati0nn i primarily have them set up to deal with star callers and golems that im assuming will spawn a ways away from my walls at or around their camp. if im able to start shooting them the moment they spawn in itll probably be fine

[@Eradicati0nn]

@@einarr7301 Oh yeah, you'll be fine for those unless they spawn close to your base, but any further and the ballista will do work

[@piotrgruszka9128]

Thx for video.

[@Samukai8]

Cool

[@jankoval]

your vid got photobombed by a random cow 😂

[@Eradicati0nn]

He was eager for the fresh details 😂

[@aresgalamatis7022]

funcom still has no plan for conan and now these chinese took over dune too to offer a crap game in india and america :(